Table 2.

Prevalence and indication for antibiotic use in patients (N is the total number recorded for each variable)

Antibiotic use		N	%
Patients on antibiotics (N=321):	Yes	246	76.6
	No	75	23.4
Number of antibiotics used per patient (N=246)a:	1	58	23.6
	2	111	45.1
	3	46	18.7
	4	18	7.3
	≥5	13	5.3
Indication type (N=260):	Community-acquired infection	76	29.2
	Hospital-acquired infection	23	8.8
	Surgical prophylaxis	96	36.9
	Medical prophylaxis	29	11.2
	Others	36	13.8
Surgical prophylaxis duration (N=96):	SP1	1	1.0
	SP2	4	4.2
	SP3	91	94.8
Antibiotic administration route (N=564):	Parenteral	504	89.4
	Oral	55	9.8
	Inhalation	5	0.9
Antibiotic switch from parenteral to oral (498):	Yes	99	19.9
	No	399	80.1
Prescriber type (N=564):	Specialist physicians	497	88.1
	Non-specialist physician	67	11.9
Missed doses of antibiotics (N=534):	None	432	80.9
	1	25	4.7
	2	22	4.1
	≥3	55	10.3
Reasons for missed doses (102):	Patient could not purchase	96	94.1
	Other reasons	2	2.0
	Multiple reasons	4	3.9
Guidelines compliance (561):	Yes	221	39.4
	No	201	35.8
	Not assessable	139	24.8
Treatment type:	Empiric	544	96.6
	Directed	19	3.4

^a246 patients used a total of 564 antibiotics.

SP1: if one dose was administrated to the patient; SP2: if multiple doses were administered to the patient within 24 hours; SP3: if multiple doses were administered to the patient for a duration extending 24 hours.